In tro duc tion: Gil be rt’s syndro me is the mo st com mon he re di ta ry di sor der of bi li ru bin me ta bo li sm. The cau sa ti ve mu ta tion in Cau ca sia ns is al mo st exclu si ve ly a (TA) di nuc leo ti de in ser tion in the UG T1A1 pro mo ter. Aff ec ted in di vi dua ls are ho mo zygous for the va ria nt pro mo ter and ha ve 7 TA re peats in stead of 6. Pro mo te rs wi th 5 and 8 TA re...

Polyethyleneimine (PEI) is known for its metal-coordinating properties and in its crosslinked form has applications in different areas ranging from drug delivery to waste water treatment and recovery of trace metals. With the aim to regulate the coordination environment of Cu(I) and Cu(II) ions in marine coatings, we have prepared a triazole cross-linking agent with 'soft' coordination that can...

Data dealing with the assessment of heavy metal pollution in road dusts in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and its implication to human health risk of human exposure to heavy metals, are scarce. Road dusts were collected from five different functional areas (traffic areas (TA), parking areas (PA), residential areas (RA), mixed residential commercial areas (MCRA) and suburban areas (SA)) in Jeddah and one ...

Recently, tantalum has been increasingly studied as a diffusion barrier material for copper due to its high melting point (2669 °C) and immiscibility with Cu. Most Ta thin films are deposited by PVD, but it would be advantageous to develop halide-free precursors to produce pure Ta films by CVD. To achieve this goal, we have studied the chemistry of new organotantalum compounds that consist only...